Rapid declines in insect populations are leading to concerns that the pollination of important crops could soon come under threat. Tiny flying robots designed by MIT researchers could one day provide ...

Artificial Intelligence AI Might Now Be as Good as Humans at Detecting Emotion, Political Leaning, and Sarcasm Maybe machines aren't so hopeless at detecting nuance after all.

Robotics This Robotic Hand’s Electronic Skin Senses Exactly How Hard It Needs to Squeeze The hand can gently pick up anything from plastic cups to pineapples.

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Science Scientists Discover Thousands of New Microbial Species Thriving in the Mariana Trench The project explores how life adapts to extreme environments—and hopes to inspire new drugs or even ...

Tech Stratolaunch’s Hypersonic Plane Breaks Mach 5 and Lands Without a Pilot The Talon-A2 vehicle air-launched from the world's biggest aircraft and piloted itself at hypersonic speeds before landing ...

The number of scientific papers that rely on AI has quadrupled, and the scope of problems AI can tackle is expanding by the day.

Kawasaki recently revealed a computer-generated concept for the Corleo, a “robotic horse.” A video shows the automated equine galloping through valleys, crossing rivers, climbing mountains, and ...

Jeff Bezos’s rocket company Blue Origin hopes to become a major rival to SpaceX in the private space industry. But those ambitions are on hold after the company postponed the test launch of its new ...

The small device contains a slurry of chemicals representing primary flavors and mixes them together to mimic the taste of coffee, lemonade, and more.

Computing Sandia Fires Up a Brain-Like Supercomputer That Can Simulate 180 Million Neurons Brain-inspired computers could boost AI efficiency—a tantalizing prospect as the industry's energy bills ...

Thanks to increasingly efficient and affordable gene sequencing technologies, we can now chart our genetic blueprint in unprecedented detail. But what does each gene do? Of the roughly 20,000 genes ...